Shoreline of Wake Island

Boundaries of fisheries management areas (FMA) for the State of Hawaii. The mission of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) is to manage, conserve and restore the state's unique aquatic resources and ecosystems for present and future generations. Major program areas include projects to manage or enhance fisheries for long-term sustainability of the resources, protect and restore the aquatic environment, protect native and resident aquatic species and their habitat, and provide facilities and opportunities for recreational fishing. The areas outlined in this layer have fishing regulations. For details and further information, please see: http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/fishing/fishing-regulations/

Marine Protected Areas (2006) - Guam, Mariana Islands

Drainage, river mouths - Southern Guam.

The Western King Prawn species (Penaeus latisculcatus) is landed from South Australian (SA) waters. The prawn industry in SA is divided into the Gulf St Vincent, Spencer Gulf, and West Coast fisheries. A separate fishery in Investigator Strait operated until 1986/87 when it was amalgamated into the Gulf St Vincent fishery. The Gulf St Vincent fishery was closed in 1991/92 and 1992/93. The West Coast fishery was voluntarily closed in 1992/93. This system monitors catch and effort fluctuations in the state's prawn industry. The quantity of prawns (kg) and effort (hours trawled) to catch the prawns are recorded for each fishing period from records submitted by the trawler operators.

Blue Swimmer Crab daily catch and effort data. Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent, South Australia since 1997.

Shoreline of Palmyra Atoll

Locations of monitoring sites related to the Pacific Islands Network (PACN) Benthic Marine and Marine Fish monitoring protocols administered by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). These monitoring sites are located within nearshore waters of the following National Parks: * Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (NHP) on the western shore of Hawaii Island (Big Island) * Kalaupapa National Historical Park (NHP) on the nothern shore of Molokai in Hawaii * War in the Pacific National Historical Park (NHP) on the western shore of Guam * National Park (NP) of American Samoa on the northern shore of Tutuila The benthic marine community within PACN is a complex ecologic system and a diverse taxonomic environment, including algae and corals and other invertebrates. Reef-building corals are the primary architectural organism and are sensitive to environmental degradation; therefore, they are a good indicator of overall health for nearshore marine ecosystems. Primary stressors to coral reefs include disease, bleaching, sedimentation, eutrophication, storms, and global climate change. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has proposed using coral reefs as a worldwide indicator ecosystem for global climate change (Spalding et al. 2004). For these reasons, the PACN has chosen to implement long-term monitoring of benthic marine communities. Benthic marine communities are most closely linked with marine fish, and monitoring efforts will be conducted at the same time and location to maximize data value. Fish are a major component of coral reef ecosystems. This highly diverse assemblage of carnivores, planktivores, herbivores, and detritovores serves a variety of ecological functions. Fish affect ecosystem structure, productivity, and sustainability. Selected species can act as indicators of general reef health, environmental stress, and potential ecosystem changes. Fishing is increasingly recognized as a principal threat to Pacific Ocean coral reefs and other marine ecosystems worldwide. In this respect, it is highly probable that most of the Pacific island national parks can be categorized as "impaired" to "seriously impaired" in terms of their fish communities. While the harvest of fish and other marine creatures will be addressed in a separate (fisheries-dependent) monitoring protocol, data collected through PACN marine fish monitoring contributes to the overall fish analyses by providing an in-water (fisheries-independent) assessment of the size and abundance of species within park waters.

This PIFSC Research Cruises feature service provides access to ship tracklines associated with Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center research cruises in the Mariana Archipelago. Included are cruises carried out onboard NOAA Ships Oscar Sette and Hi'ialakai during 2003-2014.

This feature service provides a summary of the bottom fish data collected in the Marianas Archipelago by the PIFSC Life History program. Specific data included are from PIFSC cruises SE-14-04 and SE-14-05.